A wearable device for repetitive hand therapy
A wearable device for repetitive hand therapy
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10.1109/biorob.2008.4762789
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2008-10
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Kexin Xing;Qi Xu;Jiping He;Yongji Wang;Zhongwei Liu;Xiaolin Huang
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Kexin Xing;Qi Xu;Jiping He;Yongji Wang;Zhongwei Liu;Xiaolin Huang
通过患者和康复专家之间的个性化互动提供的强化任务导向的重复物理治疗可以改善中风和创伤性脑损伤幸存患者的手部运动表现。然而，治疗过程是漫长和昂贵的，难以定量和客观地评价。本研究的目的是开发一种新型的可穿戴设备，用于机器人辅助手重复治疗。我们设计了一个气动肌肉（PM）驱动的治疗设备，是可穿戴的，并提供所需的抓和释放运动的辅助力量。机器人在拇指和手指处有两个不同的自由度。嵌入式传感器反馈位置和力信息，用于机器人控制和任务性能的定量评估。它有可能提供补充家庭治疗，除了在诊所治疗。
Intensive task-oriented repetitive physical therapies provided by individualized interaction between the patient and a rehabilitation specialist can improve hand motor performance in patients survived from stroke and traumatic brain injury. However, the therapy process is long and expensive and difficult to evaluate quantitatively and objectively. The goal of this research is to develop a novel wearable device for robotic assisted hand repetitive therapy. We designed a pneumatic muscle (PM) driven therapeutic device that is wearable and provides assistive forces required for grasping and release movements. The robot has two distinct degrees of freedom at the thumb and the fingers. The embedded sensors feedback position and force information for robot control and quantitative evaluation of task performance. It has the potential of providing supplemental at-home therapy in addition to in the clinic treatment.